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Bought this DLC just so I can express how I dislike the company behind this game. Especially the owners of EW, and their PR and community management team. Not so much the developers themselves. I pity them having to work on such a difficult engine.
It's obvious the base source code was not well structured from the get-go. Resulting in arguments in the code being tangled together so much so that any minor changes can result in very problematic consequences on a technical level. As such, the bugs are pilling-up, and the owners are very aware of it.
Nonetheless, they keep focusing on info-commercial tactics with their main goofy streamer(s), and affiliates to always create hype, wilfully ignoring very problematic issues constantly arising in the game. They release a paid DLC, introduce a bunch of issues that weren't there prior, months later release another DLC, fix only half of the bugs they themselves introduced and let go past QC, and pat themselves on the back live on stream for having fixed so many bugs, like it was Christmas candies. Like, seriously?
If you're new to the game, and/or your play-style is fast-paced, Trophy farming because hey, that's what streamers do, a lot of the bugs you probably won't notice, or really mind.
But if you have hundreds of hours sunk into that game, and have a slow, immersion-simulation play-style, the bugs this game has on a constant can drive you crazy. This cycle of releasing paid DLCs, creating new bugs, fixing only half of them, then creating some new more with their next paid DLC has been going on for at least 2 years now. This DLC should have been free as an apology to old-time players for the constant technical issues they've had to deal with as paying Beta-testers.
Even at -20%, it is over-priced for what it is anyways. But throwing small amounts of money out the window doesn't seem like much, until you addition all of it at the end of the year and see the real bill. I've made my small part myself in supporting a studio I don't think deserve it by buying this DLC, and here hoping they will by some miracle change their act, and start releasing free updates that focus on making the game as polished as possible.
I'm not talking about the plethora of small quirks this game has, but the real game-breaking bugs that are there in an unacceptable number right now. Or stupid bugs that would be so easy to fix, like the Hold-Breath audio missing, but yet has been like this for about 6 months now. Pretty ridiculous.
But keep flooding Reddit with your trophies folks, that's what matters. Give them the free publicity they so desperately need. Can't criticise the game there, can't either on their Steam forums too much, or you get perma-banned for "constant negativity" (didn't see this one in the Steam guideline rules, but hey, PicSoul knows best).
One last thing. The Scopes in the game work on these new Rifles, but they look out of place. About time they make a couple of new scopes, and/or create cosmetic variants of the ones already in the game. As a free update for a change would be nice.
But this would only be a thing in an alternate reality with Expansive Worlds. Keep expanding on the bugs guys, in this department, you never disappoint.
EDIT: I just wanted to add some positives to all this negativity 24 hours later.

Addition of FidelityFX SR
Addition of Scent Timer in the HUD (although confusing; it starts empty/transparent, and finishes full/opaque)
Finally fixed the low sensitivity for medium-range scopes and iron sights
Fixed pointers' placement on maps
Some new free textures for older weapons (way to go, more of this please)
New .308 kick ass. (.223 ammo needs a buff though, and .22 needs bigger clip/chamber)
Top notch 3D model designs and textures for the three new Rifles (added that one later, nice work on those, although general adjustable FOV with a farther view from the guns overall to see them better would make it even better)

As someone else pointed out on the forums, the change of weather in Mississippi is too drastic though. It should rain a little more than in Layton, but a little less than original, sweet spot. If it doesn't rain much in Africa, not sure why Mississippi should suffer too much from the complains of those who dislike rain. Otherwise, bring more rain to Africa. Would make as much sense. It's swampy, lots of rain made sense.
And yeah, fix the POI thing lots of people are affected by. That one is obvious, although it doesn't affect me personally. May add more thoughts later. Even if the devs don't give a damn, I do. Writing what I think doesn't take too much time, might as well do it.
Oh yeah, and concealment in vegetation is all over the place on most reserves. Very immersion breaking if you have a play-style that tries to take advantage of this. Don't give a damn all you want, those are my thoughts.
UPDATE: They recently announced they will integrate an in-game store. Saw it coming with Apex Connect, and the fact you can't play the game in Offline mode anymore unless you launch directly from the executable (might eventually not even work in the future the way things are going).
There's low, then there's absolutely disgustingly low. That's EW for you. Instead of trying to make the game better by fixing the plethora of issues it has, they work on adding another layer in the game that may potentially cause even more issues because of their greed.
While transforming what was formerly a digital-retail game, into a peusdo-MMO, and nobody says jack. How can they do that? Their EULA that nobody reads giving them the legal right to modify the software as they please to whatever extend it seems (they might as well transform it into Pong at this point). Had I known this company was so disgusting, I would have done what I was doing when I was a teenager.
Get the game by other means, and keep the money in my pockets. Last DLC I buy from these low-life, incompetent crooks. Or maybe I'll just chip-in again to leave another negative review about how this company is filled with vile individuals, with no conscience whatsoever.
Unlike the horde of kiss-*ss who worship this nexus of fiends, leaving these cheesy-*ss, bad joke positive "reviews". If I can save only a few people from supporting these bipedal sewage rats financially, I'll be an happy guy.
P.S. I'm not mad, it's my natural state of being. That's why nobody invites me to parties. But hey, at least I got a genuine personality, unlike these zombies spawning everywhere invading planet Earth as we speak.
UPDATE: It puts a smile on my face, and warms my heart to read these comments;
https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/eventcomments/3276939184052301246/?tscn=1648755365
See what arrogance does EW? Now think of some more BS to cook-out to regain the trust of a good part of your customer-base with your "Community Management" team LMFAO. I've warned you...
You took people for idiots, and now it's coming bite your ass. At least, I hope in a meaningful manner. Let's see what other magic tricks you reserve us, your paying test-subjects. I swear, if this is an April's Fool joke, it's still very tasteless.
My guess is DLCs on Epic aren't as readily apparent, so they wanted to capitalise on that, not just the Steam cut. I'm on Epic collecting free games since day 1, and I'll never buy ONE DLC there. LOOLLL GOOD job. Can't speak for others but, anyways, I'm having too much of a blast reading comments ATM, GTG.